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<i>[echoing electronic marimba
composition]</i>

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♪

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<i>(man)
Light a fuse and get away.</i>

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<i>One of the very first
things I did--</i>

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how to spell or read probably.

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<i>I don't know many people
who don't like fireworks.</i>

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<i>People who shoot
fireworks, now,</i>

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kind of a special
breed of us.

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A'right! I want some
creamer in my coffee.

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[explosion]

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<i>[voice-over]
John</i>Brock<i>was right
in 1542 or whenever it was.</i>

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<i>He said, "He who hath once
smelt the smoke</i>

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is ne'er again free,"

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and that's kind of one
of our own little pyro mottos

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is, you know,
you smell the smoke

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<i>and it kinda gets
in your blood,</i>

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<i>and there's just a certain
group of people that--</i>

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<i>we really like
that kinda stuff.</i>

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<i>That's what we do.</i>

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<i>We entertain people
with fire and explosives.</i>

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<i>[guitar leads
easy arrangement]</i>

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<i>The first thing I need to do
is go visit the site.</i>

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♪

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<i>We are regulated
by the parameters</i>

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<i>of how much space
we have to work in.</i>

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<i>There's quite
a few regulations</i>

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<i>on how much room we need.</i>

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You find you a groundhog
there, Sparky?

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So I wanna look and see
where the roads are,

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where the midway's gonna be,
where the carnival trailers

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are gonna be,
where the people are gonna be.

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All--all of those factors
come into play.

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<i>Well, you just make sure
that we are within our codes</i>

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<i>and far enough away
from the barn.</i>

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<i>These barns were probably
built 70 years ago.</i>

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<i>A lot of yellow heart
pine timber,</i>

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<i>and we sure don't wanna
burn one of those down.</i>

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We were down
in that hollow, you know,

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takin' our initial
measurements

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from the shoot site itself.

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Now we're back up
from the vantage point

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of where the spectators
are gonna be.

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This is where
all the rides are gonna be.

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All the food vendors
are back over in here.

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They usually have
all the kiddie-land stuff

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back over along this wall.

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Ferris wheel usually
goes over here,

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but you can kinda
see here, you know,

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as we're lookin' at it,

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and visualize the fireworks
goin' up right above that tree.

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I have to provide a listing

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of all the materials
that we'll shoot--

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<i>three- and four-inch shells,
and it's an accurate count</i>

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<i>of what we're gonna bring in
every day on the fair.</i>

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<i>And then we submit all of this
to the fire marshal's office,</i>

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who presents it
to the county commissioners,

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who then turn it back
to the fire marshal,

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and he calls me and says,
"I've got your permit ready."

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<i>That process in Davidson
County takes about 60 days.</i>

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<i>[voice-over]
We just don't put together
something in a week.</i>

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I start workin' on
4th of July stuff in December.

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<i>[electronic score]</i>

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<i>Display fireworks
are legal all 50 states,</i>

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<i>but they have to be put on
by a licensed company.</i>

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<i>I hold licenses
in four different states.</i>

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<i>All right, you know,
I think everybody</i>

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has heard this phrase
at one time or another,

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and that's,
"let's get ready to rumb-llle!"

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fwoosh
fwoosh

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I know just enough to keep me
in trouble--hah, hah...hah!

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<i>[rooster crowing distantly]</i>

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<i>Most of what we do
is a full turnkey job</i>

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<i>where we provide all materials
and all the equipment</i>

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<i>and the technicians
and everything.</i>

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<i>Once we arrive on the site
with the materials,</i>

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<i>then that site becomes ours.</i>

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<i>We become a hot zone--
only authorized personnel.</i>

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<i>Back then, what they call
a</i>ship show<i>or a</i>drop show

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<i>was much more common.</i>

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We, as a customer
or the local fire department,

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would buy the fireworks show
for the town.

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<i>The company would ship it
to the fire station,</i>

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<i>and they would put on
the actual display.</i>

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<i>With the advent
of some of the newer rigs</i>

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<i>and the licensing program,</i>

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<i>nobody really does
many ship shows anymore.</i>

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<i>[funky electronic tune]</i>

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<i>Depending on the venue
that we're at</i>

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<i>and how much space we have,</i>

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<i>there's a lot of different
ways you can set up.</i>

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You can see this zigzag;
we call it a herringbone.

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<i>Each rack is--has one end
it's supported against.</i>

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<i>The strapping system makes it
really nice and rigid.</i>

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But, again, you wanna make sure
that that's pretty solid

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and, uh,
makes it pretty stable.

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And it's fairly quick,
and in the event

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<i>that something might happen</i>

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where we have
to skedaddle pretty quick,

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then we have
a pretty clear, straight run

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out and, uh,
to get away.

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And hopefully,
we don't have to, uh,

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utilize that.

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<i>Typically,
the end of the show,</i>

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<i>the big grand finale--
have--this is 122 shots,</i>

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and we get this thing
pretty tight.

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You can pretty much
drive a tank over this thing,

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and it's not gonna
go anywhere.

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The whole idea
is to make it pretty immobile.

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<i>[ambient arrangement]</i>

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<i>The history of fireworks
goes back thousands of years,</i>

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<i>so it's evolved.</i>

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<i>It's been a long process,
and it is a--an art form.</i>

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<i>It's got the history and--
and science.</i>

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<i>The actual method
of making a fireworks shell</i>

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<i>is the same as it's been</i>

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<i>for hundreds
and hundreds of years.</i>

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<i>You've got the lift powder</i>

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<i>that fires it
out of the mortar</i>

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<i>and lights
the time-delay fuse.</i>

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<i>The inner part of the shell</i>

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<i>is where you have
a burst charge</i>

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<i>that actually does
break the shell apart.</i>

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<i>It lights the petals
or the stars</i>

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<i>that create the petals
of the flower.</i>

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<i>You can't imagine
how many people come up,</i>

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"Ohhh!" you know,
"Can I get a couple of those?"

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"No! You cannot!"

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<i>"Go away."</i>

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<i>This fuse,
this is the quick match.</i>

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<i>It burns
about 300 feet a second.</i>

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<i>I mean,
it's supposed to go down</i>

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<i>and across
and down and across,</i>

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but it can go down
and across and jump over

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and start a fire here and jump
and start a fire there;

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then you got all these--

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This should go up
in about...ten seconds,

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<i>but it could go up
in about three.</i>

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<i>We'll tie
all of these together,</i>

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<i>and if I do my job well</i>

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and don't have to duck in here
and relight it,

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<i>[panting]
we'll only light one time...</i>

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<i>hopefully.</i>

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For you folks who like that 20-
or 30-minute firework show,

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<i>people don't realize,
you know,</i>

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<i>the crew shows up
early in the day.</i>

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<i>They work 10,
sometimes 12 hours</i>

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<i>to set up a fireworks show
that lasts 12 or 15 minutes.</i>

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<i>It's--it's quite a--</i>

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a labor of love.

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Thank you,
sir.

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<i>[voice-over]
Our biggest fear</i>

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<i>is the summer thunderstorm
that rolls in</i>

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<i>and just
gully washes everything.</i>

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<i>High wind
is really our</i>worst<i>fear</i>

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<i>'cause a little bit o' wind
here at ground level,</i>

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you don't know what
it's gonna be up at altitude.

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You know, at 300 feet,
it can be whippin' along

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at 40, 50 miles an hour,
and you send a shell up there,

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and then, it just--
chooo!

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<i>Always at a fair or festival,
there's flags everywhere.</i>

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<i>A full-size American flag,
if it's standin' straight out,</i>

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that's at least
ten miles an hour.

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<i>At ten miles an hour,
I'm gonna start thinkin',</i>

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<i>Do we readjust
our mortar racks?</i>

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<i>Do we make any changes,
or do we just not shoot?</i>

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<i>Well, one of the things
we do like to do,</i>

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<i>especially when
we're at a fair,</i>

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<i>starting around 5 o'clock--</i>

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<i>[off-screen]
Fire in the hole!</i>

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Just as kind of a tickler...

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<i>[deep electronic droning]</i>

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<i>we'll send a big salute up,</i>

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you know, and a salute is one
that just kinda--<i>boom-yah--</i>

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<i>and you can hear 'em
all over town.</i>

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BLAM!

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<i>We'll start sendin' those up
'bout once every hour.</i>

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BLAM!

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<i>Let the town know,
"Hey! We're open.</i>

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<i>"Come ride the rides;
come spend some money.</i>

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<i>Come watch the fireworks."</i>

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BLAM!

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[distant exclamations
and cheering]

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<i>[quick electronic score]</i>

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<i>Our show is generally</i>

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<i>the last thing
of the evening,</i>

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<i>the culmination
of the day's events.</i>

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<i>My job is to be ready.</i>

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<i>When it's time to shoot,
we're on time.</i>

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<i>We're right on cue.</i>

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<i>There's a little thatch
on that</i>

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<i>we might catch on fire,
so, uh,</i>

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your fire extinguisher's
right there.

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<i>[voice-over]
You're ready to light
that first barrage.</i>

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<i>Yeah, I get
the little butterflies.</i>

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♪

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Let it rip!

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Fire in the hole!

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♪

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<i>[cymbal roll]</i>

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[popping]

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<i>The principia,
or the opening barrage, is--</i>

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<i>well, it gets
everybody's attention.</i>

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<i>[droning orchestration]</i>

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♪

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<i>And then, our job
is just to keep goin'.</i>

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<i>The pace will ebb and flow
a little bit</i>

08:54.400 --> 08:56.802 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
<i>with the different effects
we want.</i>

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<i>We just don't want
a whole lotta dark sky.</i>

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[popping and explosions]

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<i>The sky is our palette,
and fire is our paint.</i>

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<i>We wanna try to give</i>

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<i>as many different effects
as we can</i>

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<i>so people will find something,
and they say, well,</i>

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"Wow, that was
really cool.

09:15.855 --> 09:17.857 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
<i>I really like that one."</i>

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[continued popping
and explosions]

09:20.459 --> 09:23.129 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
<i>You know, they're watching
the fireworks explode up here.</i>

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They don't always see
what's happenin' on the ground

09:26.165 --> 09:29.235 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
<i>where we're actually firin'
those things.</i>

09:29.335 --> 09:32.405 align:left position:17.5%,start line:83% size:72.5%
<i>There's a lot of fire
comin' out of those mortars</i>

09:32.505 --> 09:34.774 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
<i>and stuff flyin' everywhere.</i>

09:35.775 --> 09:37.577 align:left position:12.5%,start line:89% size:77.5%
<i>There is an element of danger.</i>

09:37.677 --> 09:39.312 align:left position:15%,start line:89% size:75%
<i>Your adrenaline gets pumpin'.</i>

09:39.412 --> 09:42.114 align:left position:12.5%,start line:83% size:77.5%
<i>When I come up and start
slappin' somebody on the back,</i>

09:42.214 --> 09:44.417 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80%
"Oh, it's not 'cause
you're doin' a good job.

09:44.517 --> 09:47.420 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
<i>Your back's on fire."
Heh, heh!</i>

09:47.520 --> 09:49.422 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80%
Yeah, it's organized chaos.

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[rapid popping]

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<i>[plodding piano score]</i>

09:53.292 --> 10:07.206 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪

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♪

10:12.812 --> 10:14.447 align:left position:27.5%,start line:83% size:62.5%
<i>Yeah, you build up
the crescendo</i>

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<i>to the grand finale,</i>

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<i>and that's the big splash
at the very end.</i>

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♪

10:22.555 --> 10:26.292 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
<i>I've just really loved
fireworks all my life.</i>

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<i>[orchestration builds]</i>

10:28.394 --> 10:30.930 align:left position:22.5%,start line:5% size:67.5%
<i>It is one
of the most spectacular</i>

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<i>of the entertainment media.</i>

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<i>It involves all your senses.</i>

10:35.301 --> 10:37.570 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
<i>You can see it,
and you can smell it,</i>

10:37.670 --> 10:40.840 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
<i>and you can hear it,
and you can feel it...</i>

10:42.041 --> 10:45.077 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
<i>so it really encompasses
your whole body.</i>

10:45.177 --> 10:47.546 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪

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[loud, rapid popping]

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♪

11:04.163 --> 11:06.098 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70%
<i>Once that finale goes off</i>

11:06.198 --> 11:10.202 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70%
<i>and then you hear
50,000 people go "WAAH!"</i>

11:10.302 --> 11:12.471 align:left position:25%,start line:83% size:65%
<i>you know, that's--
that's really what--</i>

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what makes it happen for us.

11:14.573 --> 11:16.475 align:left position:22.5%,start line:83% size:67.5%
<i>Even though
they never see me, uh,</i>

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<i>they see my work.</i>

11:18.310 --> 11:20.813 align:left position:87.5%,start line:5% size:2.5%
♪

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[hissing]

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♪